Phonograph record rack and selector



Dec. 26, 1950 sPlLLMAN 2,535,609

PHONOGRAPH RECORD RACK AND SELECTOR Filed Sept. 8, 1947 2 SheetsSheet l THE hue DANUBE A. KOSTELANETZ A. KOSTELAHETZ MEMORIES AL Gown m Inventor 6| /IVIENNA LIFE MISSOURI WALTZ AL GOODMAN 3 Hal H. Spil/man WW ZEMI Dec. 26, 1950 H. H. SPILLMAN 2,535,609

PHONOGRAPH RECORD RACK AND SELECTOR 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 8, 1947 C @IU Hg- 3. 11// I /A Inventor WWW Patented Dec. 26, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PHONOGRAPH RECORD RACK AND SELECTOR The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in racks for holding a number of phonograph records and embodying means whereby a desired record may be easily and quickly selected and removed from the rack.

An important object of the present invention is to provide novel indexing means to facilitate the speedy location of a desired record.

Another object of the invention is to provide a closed rack for the records and including a hinged lid or cover together with means operable by an opening movement of the lid to eject a selected record into a convenient position for removing the same from the rack.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means for returning a record to the rack in a proper position with respect to the indexing thereof and without regard as to the direction in which the recordings on the opposite sides of the record are facing. n i i A still further object is to provide an apparatus of this character of simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance, efficient and reliable in operation and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other obi'ects and advantages reside in the debeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like n merals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure l is a front elevational view with the lid or cover in a raised position;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on a line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an end elevational View with the cover closed;

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail of the record selecting ejector carried by the cover;

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of a record and showing the positioning and identification means carried at the edge thereof;

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional View taken on the line t6 of Figure 5; and

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the indexing label carried by the rack.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodim'nt of the invention, the

numeral 5 represents the rack generally and.

mounted in the rack. A substantially semi-cy- 6 Claims. (Cl. 312-19) lindrical cover 9 likewise curved to the radius of a phonograph record is hinged at one edge to the upper edge of the back 8 by a conventional hinge structure Iii, the cover being swingable vertically into and out of position at the front of the rack.

The front edge of the base 6 is provided with a rearwardly inclined lip H at the upper edge of which is suitably supported a horizontal rod [2 which extends entirely across the open front of the rack at the lower portion thereof. A rear horizontal rod 13 also extends longitudinally of the rack and an upper horizontal rod [4 extends longitudinally of the rack immediately adjacent the hinged edge of the cover 9.

The rods [2 and I4 define the lower and upper edges of the open front of the rack and are spaced from each other a distance slightly less than the diameter of a phonograph record l5 to be supported in an upright position on the rods [2 and [3. The edge of the record is formed with a semi-circular notch It for receiving the rod I2 and which, when seated on the rod will enable the record to properly enter the rack with its rear lower edge resting on the rod [3 and with its upper edge positioned against the rod I4 as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The rack 5 is constructed to hold a predetermined number of the records [5 and with upstanding separators I l rising from the base 6 and positioned between adjacent records.

The cover 8 is constructed of a transparent material and is provided with equally spaced apart horizontal lines it extending throughout the length of the cover and between each pair of which a marker 1 9 carried at the edge of the record i5 is centered. A pair of the markers l9 are carried by each record and spaced equi-distantly from the notch it as shown in Figure 5 of the drawings and the markers for the several records may be painted of contrasting colors or a clip of suitable material frictionally held to the edge of the record as shown in Figure 6, or may be formed or constructed in any other suitable manner. The makers id of the several records are staggered with respect to each other as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings and either of the markers of each individual record will be uniformly positioned at the front of the rack regardless of the direction in which the recording on the record faces. One end of the rack, beyond the cover 9, is provided with a front wall 28 which extends over the top of the rack to merge with the back 8 and to the outer surface of which is suitably secured 3 a double column of labels M, the labels opposite to each other bearing the title of the recordings on the opposite sides of the record as shown at 22.

To the outer surface of the cover 9 adjacent its hinged edge is suitably secured a longitudinally extending track 23 of dove-tailed construction in cross section and on which a complementary shaped slide 2 1 is suitably mounted and frorri' which an angular arm 25 projects. A channeled roller 26 is journaled at the free end of the arm- 25 and is arranged upon an opening movement of the cover 9 to enter an opening 2 1 in back 8 of the rack to engage the rear edge or one of the records if: to eject the record into aposition with its front edge projecting'sliglitly outwardly beyond the edges of the reniaining rec'-- ords to facilitate grasping of the ejected record and removing the same from the rack. A pointer 28 is also carried by the slide 24 and which" is movable horizontally along the outero'f the recordings on the opposite'sioles' of the re'-' spective records;

When the cover 9 is closed the horizontal lines l8 carried by the cover will facilitate the location of a record selected from the titles 22 by follow= ing the lines 38 horizontally across the cover until the marking 69 is reached. Theindi'cator '28 is then moved horizontally alongthecover into alinement with the record and upon an opening movement of the cover the arm" 25"wi1l be projected into the opening 21 at theta-e1; of the cover so that the roller 26' engages the rear edge of the record to eject the record forwardly into the position as shown in Figure 2. The "selected'r'ecord may then be easily removed from the rack. j

The'cover 9, preferably at its edge, adjacent the labels 2%, is numbered as shown at 29 to provide a numbered listing of the records to facili-' tate location of the titles appearirigon the labels for subsequent selection of the corresponding recerd'from the rack. 1

"cover is also provided with openings 30 suitably dispersed between the lines is and alined with'the edges of the record placed in the rack; The openings 36 are used for marking new reco'rdsplace'd in the rack. This is doneby'n'otc'h ing the new record with the notch it at any pointof its circumference and placing the record the rack with the rod [2 seated in the notch. pencil or tool is then inserted in one of the openings 30 to mark the edge of the record which is'then removed and a permanent indexing element Hlis then fixed to the marked edge or the record. 'The record is reversed and replaced to repeat the marking so that the pair of indexing elements will be positioned equal distances from the notch.

In View of the foregoing description taken in conjunctionwiththe accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the con-- struction, operation and advantages of the device will'be quite apparent to those skilled in this" art, A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. in a phonograph record rack, means supporting a plurality of records in upright position in'the rack, and coacting indexing means between the records and the rack including identiscanda -means carried at the peripheral edge of the records and staggered in spiral formation, said means'first mentioned interlocking with the edgesoftlferecords to releasably hold the same against rotation-with the identification means in spiral form.

'2.""In'acombined phonograph record rack and recordselector, means supporting a pluralily of records in upright position in the rack, identification means carried-at the edges of the records,

a-hinged cover for the rack, and record ejectin means harried; by the cover and operable upon an opening movement or the cover to eject a record-from the rack selected by said identification means.

3, In ac'ombined phonograph record rack and recordsjelector, means supporting a plurality of records in upright position in'the' rack, identiii cation means carried at th'e edges of the records,

a hinged cover for the rack, and record ejecting means carried bythe cover and operable upon an opening movement 'o'f'the cover'to eject a record from the rack s'elected by' s'aid identification means, said ejecting ineanscomprising a horizontally slidable arm aving a'free endlm'ow' able into position for engagingthe rear edge ofa record'to bee'je'cted.

4. In aphonograph record rack having an open front, a'hori'zontal" rod supported in' the rack, means supportinga plurality of record an an upright position in the rack, each of said records having" a notch in'th'e edge thereof seating the rod therein, and indexing means for there'cords and including a pair of jidentifi cation elements carries; at the edge of each record anew-ranged at eeuany spaced distances oppositely from the n hk 5. In a phonograph record rack having an open front for receiving a plur'ali ty'of i'ecords, upper and lower horizontal rods carried 'at the open front, said r'o'ds being spacedfrom each 'other'a distance less than the 'diahie't'ero'f record's placed in the rack, anot'ch in thee'dge of each record for seating one of the rods'therein to pass the records between the rodsinto a position in the rack, identification means carried at the edge of each record in a staggeredfrelation with respect to the identification'means of the remaining records, and alisting" of the records carried by the rack with the items thereof alined with the identification means or the corresponding 6.'Iii a phonograph record rack, means supportin'g" a plurality 'of're'cords inf'upright position in the rack, indexing mans for-the records including 'a listing 'of tit1e's"atfl one end of the rack, and a tran'sparent cover on the rack for the" records and having openings-therein al'ned with the edges of the record's'and'with the titles of th'" 'listing'ior-rece'iving arr-implement to mark" the edges-orthereeords at a point determined by the order of title's'in the listing; saidcover also naving horizoman arranged lines extend-"- 5 6 ing from the listing across the edges or the rec- Number Name Date ords and between the openings to identify the 7 237,241 Brower Feb. 1, 1881 openings with the titles of the listing. 1,246,310 Niswanger Nov. 13, 1917 HAL H. SPILLMAN. i 1,376,703 Kimmel May 3, 1921 5 1,424,779 Sea Aug. 8, 1922 REFERENCES CITED 1,499,159 Elder June 24, 1924 The following references are of record in the FOREIGN PATENTS file of this patent: N mb 0 mt Date u r o ry UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 399,197 Great Britain Oct. 2, 1933 Number Name Date 235,090 Kletzker Dec. 7, 1880 

